They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job
WisdomTherefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThen did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings
HistorySon of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAs the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Matthew
GospelsBeing enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAfterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.